"We can't use our garden at all," she said, "and in my children's rooms, they can hardly study because of the noise".
This internal debate spilled over into a talk with my wife over dinner about how we view the species that live in or use our garden.
The debate spilled over into a talk with my wife over dinner about how we view the species that live in or use our garden.
How we use our gardens and landscaping is hugely important for stopping species loss, and providing homes for the bees and pollinators who service the insects and animals whose ecosystem services we need for our own wellbeing.
While beneficiaries never spent their own household money on the gardens, many gardens members organized themselves to use proceeds from vegetable sales to pay for upkeep and maintenance of the garden and the water points: "We are not using our personal funds for the garden, even now [one year after the program ended].
"As consumers, we have a right to know what goes into the products we purchase and that includes everything we use in our gardens as well as our bodies," says Andrews. "Labels are a powerful information source for consumers.
"It's called koromac," he says, "We make it using fennel from our garden".
"The stuff we use to water our garden is good enough to drink, which is ridiculous," says Bazalgette, TV producer and Arts Council chair.
We knew him around here from when he used to do our gardens," said Cooke.
Her mother, Kathleen Cooke, added: "He was a quiet person … we knew him around here from when he used to do our gardens".
